Display processing apparatus and display processing method

Abstract

A display processing apparatus includes a first display controller that displays a background image in a display unit; and a second display controller that displays a print image in the display unit. The second display controller changes a magnification of the print image so that the print image has a size obtained by changing a size of a recording medium on which the print image is to be printed on a scale of the background image displayed in the display unit, and superimposes and displays the print image on the background image.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A display processing apparatus comprising:
 circuitry configured to:
 scale dimensions of a background proportionally to dimensions of a display, display a first image of the background on the display according to the scaled dimensions of the background, scale dimensions of a recording medium to the scaled dimensions of the background, superimpose a second image of the recording medium on the first image of the background according to the scaled dimensions of the recording medium, the second image including a third image of an object that is to be printed on the recording medium, wherein the circuitry changes a magnification of the third image so that the third image has a scaled size of the object proportional to the scaled dimensions of the recording medium, and 
 
 provide a user of the display processing apparatus with a preview of a size of the object, which is to be printed on the recording medium, against the background. 
 
     
     
       2. The display processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
 receive a request for changing the size of the recording medium, and change a magnification of the third image of the object by using a magnification for the size of the recording medium based on the request. 
 
     
     
       3. The display processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
 receive a request for changing the size of the recording medium, and 
 change a magnification of the first image of the background by using an inverse number of a magnification for the size of the recording medium based on the request. 
 
     
     
       4. The display processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
 receive a request for changing the size of the recording medium, 
 store setting information indicating a first setting by which the size of the recording medium is changed with reference to the first image of the background displayed in the display or a second setting by which the size of the recording medium is changed with reference to the third image of the object displayed in the display, 
 change a magnification of the third image of the object by using a magnification for the size of the recording medium based on the request when the setting information indicates the first setting, and 
 change a magnification of the first image of the background by using an inverse number of a magnification for the size of the recording medium based on the request when the setting information indicates the second setting. 
 
     
     
       5. The display processing apparatus according to  claim 4 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
 determine, when the setting information indicates the first setting, whether or not the third image of the object is still smaller than the first image of the background displayed in the display even after changing the magnification of the third image of the object by using the magnification for the size of the recording medium based on the request, 
 change the magnification of the third image of the object by using the magnification for the size of the recording medium based on the request when the third image of the object is still smaller than the first image of the background, and 
 change the magnification of the first image of the background by using the inverse number of the magnification for the size of the recording medium based on the request when the third image of the object is not still smaller than the first image of the background. 
 
     
     
       6. The display processing apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
 notify the display that the third image of the object is not still smaller than the first image of the background when the third image of the object is not still smaller than the first image of the background, 
 receive instruction information on whether or not to change the size of the recording medium with reference to the third image of the object, 
 change the magnification of the first image of the background by using the inverse number of the magnification for the sire of the recording medium based on the request when the third image of the object is not still smaller than the first image of the background and the instruction information indicates an instruction to change the sire of the recording medium with reference to the third image of the object, and 
 change the magnification of the third image of the object by using the magnification for the size of the recording medium based on the request when the third image of the object is not still smaller than the first image of the background and the instruction information indicates no instruction to change the size of the recording medium with reference to the third image of the object. 
 
     
     
       7. The display processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the scale of the first image of the background corresponds to a scale of the first image of the background displayed in the display with respect to actual dimensions of a. background shown by the first image of the background. 
     
     
       8. The display processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
 change the magnification of the third image of the object so that the third image of the object has the size of the recording medium and superimposes and displays the third image of the object on the first image of the background, and 
 change the magnification of the first image of the background by using actual dimensions of a background shown by the first image of the background and superimpose the third image of the object on the first image of the background. 
 
     
     
       9. A display processing apparatus comprising:
 circuitry configured to:
 scale dimensions of a background proportionally to dimensions of a display, 
 display a first image of the background on the display according to the scaled dimensions of the background, 
 display a second image of a recording medium on the display, 
 change a magnification of the second image of the recording medium on the display, 
 scale the dimensions of the background proportionally to dimensions of the changed magnification of the second image of the recording medium, superimpose the recording medium on the first image of the background according to the scaled dimensions of the background, wherein the circuitry changes a magnification of a third image of an object that is to be printed on the recording medium so that the third image has a scaled size of the object proportional to the changed magnification of the recording medium, and provide a user of the display processing apparatus with a preview of a size of the object, which is to be printed on the recording medium, against the background. 
 
 
     
     
       10. The display processing apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
 receive a request for changing the size of the recording medium, and 
 change a magnification of the third image of the object by using a magnification for the size of the recording medium based on the request. 
 
     
     
       11. The display processing apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
 receive a request for changing the size of the recording medium, 
 change a magnification of the first image of the background by using an inverse number of a magnification for the size of the recording medium based on the request. 
 
     
     
       12. The display processing apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
 receive a request for changing the size of the recording medium, 
 store setting information indicating a first setting by which the size of the recording medium is changed with reference to the first image of the background displayed in the display or a second setting by which the size of the recording medium is changed with reference to the third image of the object displayed in the display, 
 change a magnification of the third image of the object by using a magnification for the size of the recording medium based on the request when the setting information indicates the first setting, and 
 change a magnification of the first image of the background by using an inverse number of a magnification for the size of the recording medium based on the request when the setting information indicates the second setting. 
 
     
     
       13. The display processing apparatus according to  claim 12 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
 determine, when the setting information indicates the first setting, whether or not the third image of the object is still smaller than the first image of the background displayed in the display even after changing the magnification of the third image of the object by using the magnification for the size of the recording medium based on the request, 
 change the magnification of the third image of the object by using the magnification for the size of the recording medium based on the request when the third image of the object is still smaller than the first image of the background, and 
 change the magnification of the first image of the background by using the inverse number of the magnification for the size of the recording medium based on the request when the third image of the object is not still smaller than the first image of the background. 
 
     
     
       14. The display processing apparatus according to  claim 13 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
 notify the display that the third image of the object is not still smaller than the first image of the background when the third image of the object is not still smaller than the first image of the background, 
 receive instruction information on whether or not to change the size of the recording medium with reference to the third image of the object, 
 change the magnification of the first image of the background by using the inverse number of the magnification for the size of the recording medium based on the request when the third image of the object is not still smaller than the first image of the background and the instruction information indicates an instruction to change the size of the recording medium with reference to the third image of the object, and 
 change the magnification of the third image of the object by using the magnification for the size of the recording medium based on the request when the third image of the object is not still smaller than the first image of the background and the instruction information indicates no instruction to change the size of the recording medium with reference to the third image of the object. 
 
     
     
       15. The display processing apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
 change the magnification of the third image of the object so that the third image of the object has the size of the recording medium and superimposes and displays the third image of the object on the first image of the background, and 
 change the magnification of the first image of the background by using actual dimensions of a background shown by the first image of the background and superimpose the third image of the object on the first image of the background. 
 
     
     
       16. A display processing method implemented by circuitry, the method comprising:
 scaling dimensions of a background proportionally to dimensions of a display; 
 displaying a first image of the background on the display according to the scaled dimensions of the background; 
 scaling dimensions of a recording medium to the scaled dimensions of the background; 
 superimposing a second image of the recording medium on the first image of the background according to the scaled dimensions of the recording medium, the second image including a third image of an object that is to be printed on the recording medium, wherein the circuitry changes a magnification of the third image so that the third image has a scaled size of the object proportional to the scaled dimensions of the recording medium; and 
 providing a user of the display processing apparatus with a preview of a size of the object, which is to be printed on the recording medium, against the background.